Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
At one point before I bought my own house, I thought home repairs were one of my skills. I helped my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Grandpa Ellis taught me how to replace electrical outlets, washers on sinks and build lots of things with wood. I put together lots of prefabricated
Julenat 1902, to små byer, små-tid, holdup-mænd åbnede Unionens pengeskab, Missouri Bank. Efter at have truet et par borgere, de slap med over $15,000. Mændene var relativt sikre i et par måneder, indtil Pinkerton Detective Agency blev tilkaldt. The Pinkertons havde et landsdækkende agentur, hvilket var det nærmeste United
På marts 16, 1945, Universal Pictures released The House of Fear (1945), the eighth of twelve Sherlock Holmes films produced by the studio. Basil Rathbone returned as Holmes for the tenth time. Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes twice for Twentieth Century – Fox before Universal started producing the series. Despite its late entry into the series, filmen (affiliate link) står
Jeg har for nylig læst Choque: Den ufortalte historie om Jiu-Jitsu i Brasilien, Volumen 1 af Roberto Pedreira (Amazon affiliate link), som fortæller en alternativ historie om BJJs begyndelse, end vi er blevet fortalt af i forskellige interviews med medlemmer af Gracie-familien. “Stød” oversættes til “chokerende” på brasiliansk portugisisk. Mens Pedreira udtømmende researcher og citerer primære kilder, mest brasilianske aviser,
Fred Beell kæmpede professionelt fra 1900 til 1919. Efter at have udviklet et legendarisk ry på grund af nogle af hans sejre over Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod og Frank Gotch, Beell trak sig tilbage, da han nærmede sig 43 år. Hans postwrestling-karriere ville føre til hans uventede død kl 57. Fred Beell overvandt lange odds for at blive en kompetent professionel wrestler
Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis from my mother. She spent lots of time with her grandmother who lived in St. Louis. Grandpa Ellis moved to Illinois a couple of times during the 1940s and 1950s. Mom would come back to St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, verdensmester wrestler og vægtløfter i 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch holdt titlen i fem år og besejrede alle udfordrere. På den relativt unge alder af 35, Gotch besluttet at gå på pension. For hans sidste kamp, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
På November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Men, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Om 10 er på torsdag, April 10, 1919, fem stærkt bevæbnede mænd brast ud i Baden-banken. Banditterne konfronterede M.W. Muntzel, kassereren, og krævede adgang til hvælvingen. De afrundede de fire andre ansatte, da Muntzel førte gruppen til hvælvingen. Røverne bar farvede bandanas for at skjule deres funktioner. Mens to af de fem mænd
På fredag, Maj 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minutter. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler